Carriage



(No ModelJ s. M. CHESTER.

CARRIAGE.

No. 326,846. Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,846, dated September 22, 1885.

Application tiled June 19, 18S5.

To all whom, it muy concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. CHESTER, a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hanlilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in carriages.

One ofthe objects of my invention is to ob tain a combined single and two seated carriage which is easily converted from one to the' other in one instance by sliding the seats, and when a top is employed by sliding the seats and sliding the top longitudinally on the bed of the carriage.

Another object of my invention is to provide a front seat of two sections hinged together, so that one section can be turned on hinges to obtaina passage through part of the space occupied by the front seat to furnish easy access to and from the back seat when used as a double carriage.

Other features of my invention will be specifically set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of my improvement, showing the single form of carriage. Fig. 2 is a similar section showing the parts adj usted for a doubleseated carriage. Fig. 3 is a front elevation ofthe frame of the front seat. Fig. 4 is a similar elevation showing the seat raised for forming a passage-way to the rear seat. Fig. 5 is a section on line z z, Fig. 4. Fig. Gis a sectionvon line x x, Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the rear rail and socket which holds the sliding top rail. Fig. 8 is a detail frontA elevation of the bowshank and shifting-rail connected to the top rail of the carriage-bed. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of the handle and socket with the sliding top rail removed. Fig. 10 is a front elevation of the rear rail and bracket.

A represents the bed of the buggy; a, the dash 5 B, the carriage-body surmounting the bed A. The rails of the buggy, b c, are of sufficient length to accommodate the use of two seats. Bows are attached to the top rail 1, which slides longitudinally in brackets affixed to rail b.

1 represents the base-rail of the buggytop, which is supported on top rail b and slides (No model.)

thereon back and forth to change the top in position to accommodate either a single or double seated carriage. The forward end of rail 1, when the top occupies the position shown in Fig. 1, rests in a metallic socket, 2, which is supported by the rail b and the handle 3 of the earriagebody, which is preferably made integral with socket 2.

4 represents the front post of the body.

5 represents a metallic bracket connect-ed to the outside of seat-rail b near its center, and it forms a support for the sliding rail 1. It is open from the inside, so as to allow the rail 1 to pass clear out when it is desired to remove the top off the carriage-body.

6 represents a set-screw passing through the top of bracket 5 to hold the rail 1 and the top firmly down upon the rail Z of the carriage.

7 8 represent curtain-buttons. The front cornerof the curtain-covering bows 9 10,when the top is in the position shown in Fig. 1, is connected to button 7. moved back the curtain is unbuttoned from knob 7 and re-engaged with knob 8 when the top is set in the position shown in Fig. 2.

The seats ofthe carriage are constructed as follows: 11 represents the rear seat, which is permanently fixed to the bed B. 12 represents the cushion resting thereon. 13 represents the back, which is preferably made detachable, as shown and described in Letters PatentNo. 305,998, granted me September 30, 1884. It may, however, be made fixed and occupy the position as shown in Fig. 1 and illustrated in Fig. 7, in which 14 represents the detachable back; 15, the side arm, which is hinged to sliding rail l and hooks or engages with'the lug 16 on the bottom of rail b.

/Vhen the back 14 is lifted off, the arm 15 swings on the pivot 17 and releases the lock 16 and allows the rail 1 of the buggy-top to move backward and forward. Thus the arm l5 will lock the top in position,when adjusted as shown in Fig. 1 or in Fig. 2.

The front seat is made of two sections, D E, hinged together on the top side by a folding hinge, d. The seats rest and slide on cleats f g, att-ached to the rail c.

In order to 4hold the seat in position and yet have it readily detachable for unfolding,9 I have provided the pintl'es it' on the section Before the top isy double seated carriage.

E, which fit in holes formed in cleat f, as shown in Fig. 6, which represents the sect-ion E in itsforward position, or when used as a When it is in its rear position, thefpintlesi i occupy the two rear sockets.

Section Djishingedfupon a rod, 19.

r r represent eye-bearings'or eye-staples driven into cleat g, and holding the rod 19 in position.

s s represent similar eyes attached to the seat -section D, as shown in Figlr, which represents the section Din its rear position. The"dottedulines show the position of the seat andears in its forward position.

Fgrepresents a hinged centralleg'or support. 20 represents a hook-eye and staple for bracing'it imposition.

The seat back and arms are-provided with knuckle-joint hinges 21 22 23, so that the seat may be raised up from the position shown in Fig. 3 into the position shown in FigA by breakingthe central joint, 22, thus quickly andj easily opening a space through the front seat for convenient access to the rear seat at the front end of the buggy or opposite the space, whichjurnishesajerycon Vcnient mode of getting in and out.

I have shown the back sections 25 26 of the front seat in Figs. 3 and 4 uncovered or in their skeleton form before being upholstered. In Figs. 1 and 2 these sections are shown upholstered and covered in the usual manner.

The cushions for the front seat occupy the space 27, (shown in Fig. 3,) and project above the top of the hinged. The cushion 12, when changed from a double to a single position, may be set up, as shown in Fig. 1, and occupy the space under the backs 13 and 26. The mode here shown of constructing and combining the seats makes a cheap, convenient, light, and neat carriage,` and one which is much more easily convertible from a single to a double form, or vice versa, than any of the others hitherto employed, and at the same time it is very convenient for a double-seated carriage, as well as an elegant or neat singleseated carriage. f v I The central support, F, of the seat D, in connection with the hasp 20, forms a firm brace, and when the section Eis brought down the hinge d and end of the seat fitting in the gains, formed by therail f, together with joints 2l 22 23, lock the seat in position. The lock is released by breaking joint 22 upwardly, when the seat D E maybe moved or adjusted to the position before described.

l. In combination with the rail b, the top mounted upon and secured to the sliding rail 1, with detachable connections supported on rail b, whereby the top may be set forward and backward for converting the carriage from one to two seats, substantially as specied.

2. In combination with the body-rail b and top rail, 1, the brackets 2 and for supporting and holding the rail, substantially as specied.

3. In combination with the buggy top mounted on the adjustable rail 1 and sliding on the top rail, b, the hinged locking-arms 15 and the detachable'seatback 14, substantially as speciiied.

4. The front seat of the carriage constructed in two sections hinged together, the seat-back composed of two sections centrally connected by a knuckle-hinge, and arms supporting the back and connected` by knuckle-hinges, the one to the end of the seat and the other tothe seat-back, substantially as described.

5. An adjustable seat composed of the two hinged sections D E, ahinged central support, F, supporting-cleats f g, eyebolts or staples r and s, connected to the seat and the cleat, respectively, and a rod passing through said staples, substantially as described.

6. A carriage, consisting substantially of a stationary seat supported on the bed, a hinged front sliding seat adaptedto be moved forward and backward on a plane with the back seat, in combination with the adjustable top mounted on the rail 1 and adjusted on rail b, substantially as specified.

7. The combination, witha carriage having a handle, 3, and provided with a rail-socket, 2, integral with said handle, of a rail, 1, sliding in said socket, a top supported by said rail, and a setscrew, 7, for binding the latter in position, substantially as described.

8. In combination with the top rail, 1, to which'th'e bows of the carriage are affixed, the supporting-bracket 5 and socket 2, attached to the top rail and forming ways in which it M. CHESTER.

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